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1st Parasyte Film's Trailer Previews Invading Threat
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
A trailer for the first of the two live-action film Parasyte (Kiseiju) science-fiction horror manga began streaming on Tuesday.
The trailer begins with the following narration:
If half of the human race would disappear, would the amount of forests burned also be halved? If the human race was decreased to one-hundredth, would the amount of trash produced do the same? Someone on the earth thought this for just a moment.
Nao Ōmori as Kuramori.
Always: Sunset on Third Street) is directing the films. Ryūta Kosawa (Always: Sunset on Third Street, Shōnen H) is writing the films' scripts. The first film is slated to open in Japan on November 29, and the second film will open in 2015.
The manga is also NTV starting this fall.
Iwaaki serialized the manga in Afternoon magazine from 1990-1995. The 10-volume series (later reprinted in an eight-volume version) has more than 11 million copies in print.
The manga takes place in a world where alien beings called Parasites come to Earth and start taking over humans by entering in through their noses and ears and attaching themselves to their brains. One alien called Migi is only able to take over high school student Shinichi Izumi's right arm, and is unable to control Shinichi completely. Migi and Shinichi learn to co-exist, and the two battle other Parasites who see humans only as food.
republished the manga again from 2011-2012.
Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.
Source: Eiga.com
Update: Trailer video from Cinema Today added.
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